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Cameron Crowe: ‘I think Bowie remembered it all. He just didn’t want to remember it with me’

INTERVIEW: The Oscar-winning filmmaker behind ‘Almost Famous’ and ‘Jerry Maguire’ has written a memoir about his extraordinary life on the road as a 15-year-old journalist for Rolling Stone magazine. He speaks to Adam White about early success, his surprising love of ‘We Bought a Zoo’, and his bittersweet reunion with…

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Cyndi Lauper expelled from Catholic school twice as a child

While opening up about feeling like a misfit while growing up, singer Cyndi Lauper has revealed she was expelled from Catholic school twice as a child.

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Ace Frehley death: Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley pay tribute to ‘irreplaceable’ KISS guitarist

The rock legends honoured their late bandmate, calling him an ‘essential’ part of KISS’s legacy after Frehley died following a brain bleed

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“I said, 'Fred, I don't know if this is going to be possible to sing,' And he went, 'I'll do it, darling’ - downed a vodka, and went in and killed it”: How Freddie Mercury took on death itself for Queen’s majestic final single

It was sadly to be Freddie’s last single with Queen before he passed away just six weeks after its release

MusicRadar

“He was tired and ready to leave, so he just started hitting anything on the keyboard. I was like: ‘that’s it right there!’ Then I just went in the booth and did the record”: The story of Get Ur Freak On, the bhangra-sampling hit that almost didn’t happen

A lean, mean, speaker-rattling ode to freakdom, Missy Elliott's Get Ur Freak On is one of this century's most progressive pop songs. We explain its enduring influence

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“There’s a weird sexual energy with a lot of it”: Country star Hardy loves Sleep Token, urges the haters to look past genre tags

Musically and aesthetically, the Mississippi musician thinks Sleep Token are “really, really cool”

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Tate Mcrae: A 22-Year-Old Voice Behind TikTok’s Favorite Hooks

Tate McRae: The 22-year-old Canadian pop singer and dancer behind TikTok's biggest hooks. From "Think You Can Dance" to prominence, facts about her rise!

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Trump wanted to use Kirk’s death to launch a ‘war on terror’ on the left – but many close to him weren’t convinced

Members of president’s inner circle privately doubted that the Turning Point USA founder’s assassin really belonged to a radical left-wing terror network, according to new report

The Independent UK

Who Is Hunter S. Thompson? How His Widow's 'Biggest Regret' Sparked a New Probe Into His Suicide 20 Years On

Colorado's CBI will review the 2005 death of Hunter S. Thompson after widow Anita Thompson voiced 'lingering questions' and her 'biggest regret', while officials still back the original suicide ruling

International Business Times UK

"I got kicked out of the Grammys one time, when Herbie Hancock beat Kanye for Album of the Year... I was pretty drugged up back then": Mike Dean on being ejected from the Grammy Awards – and why next year could be his year

"I’ve never won an Album of the Year, Record of the Year, or Song of the Year, so hopefully this year with The Weeknd, we smash all those records"

MusicRadar

“Me and Taylor sat down, and she says, ‘I can’t sing that line’, cos it was a bit too risqué”: Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott on duetting with the teenage Taylor Swift on an 80s rock classic - and the raunchy lyric they had to change

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“I didn't even want it to be on the record, honestly. How wrong could I have possibly been?”: How Linkin Park created their biggest song that has now racked up billions of streams

Chester Bennington was a little on the fence as to whether Linkin Park’s most enduring track was strong enough to be on their debut

MusicRadar

Hunter S Thompson’s death to be reviewed more than 20 years later

Journalist and author’s wife requested ‘fresh look’ from Colorado bureau of investigation, after his death was ruled a suicide in 2005

The Guardian - US

Ozzy Osbourne’s producer describes shock at the death of the rock icon

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Ozzy Osbourne’s producer has described his shock at the death of the rock icon.

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“It was prophetic. Right after that exploded, Limp Bizkit, all of these groups, was doing what was being done on that record”: This 1993 action movie was a bomb. But it produced one of the most revolutionary soundtracks of the decade

Box office bomb, killer soundtrack

International Business Times

Justin Bieber's Dad Says Fatherhood Grounded Him Amid Coachella $10M Payday

Justin Bieber's dad says fatherhood has 'grounded' the singer as he headlines Coachella 2026, sells out all six shows, and lands a record $10M payday with wife Hailey's support.

MusicRadar

"We didn't find it difficult to write pop songs, but it was VERY difficult to write one for the Stones”: 60 years of The Last Time – the Stones’ big breakthrough

It was the group’s first self-penned Number One

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“Once we had done that, we were in the game”: 60 years of The Last Time – the Stones’ big breakthrough

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Officials wondered if Trump’s public post to Bondi about targeting enemies was meant to be private: report

Administration officials reportedly said the Truth Social post resembled how the president likes to text

The Independent UK

Stephen Miller’s high school classmate says his Hispanic heritage ended their friendship: ‘He didn’t like that fact’

Jason Islas, Stephen Miller and another friend were described as a once ‘tight-knit band of outsiders’ until the influential White House official cut ties

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'Ukraine must win': Five members of Pussy Riot sentenced to jail in Russia

Five members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot have been sentenced in absentia to prison in Russia. One member, Diana Burkot, said: “Ukraine must win, and Putin must face trial in The Hague.”

The Independent UK

Russia sentences Pussy Riot members in absentia to jail for anti-war messages

The sentences, ranging from 8 to 13 years, have been called ‘politically motivated’ by the protest group

Guitar World

“I will never forget it as long as I live. I got to play Blackbird with him”: Paul Mescal had to learn guitar left-handed to play Paul McCartney in the upcoming Beatles biopic – but also got to jam with him

Mescal is set to star alongside Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison in the highly-anticipated four-part Beatles biopic

Louder

"He'd argue with me till six in the morning - he'd do whatever was needed": How Jeff Lynne built the Electric Light Orchestra

The story of a trio of Brummies who created the progressive orchestral pop-rock band that became a global phenomenon

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Russian court sentences Pussy Riot members in absentia to jail over war criticism

Terms of eight to 13 years handed down over a music video and a Berlin show, according to reports, as collective rejects charges as politically motivated. What we know on day 1,301

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